When Desperation Hits: FREE Food & Drinks In North Brooklyn

You got a job in Manhattan and live in Brooklyn baby, you ballin’! And then, after a couple birthday dinners you blew all your cash MC Hammer style. When it’s the end of your pay cycle and you’re hard up for skrill but still want to go out, free bar food might be your best option for “dinner”.

After the jump, check out our list of nearby joints serving FREE food, and free or nearly free drinks:

The Charleston (174 Bedford Avenue) – Free pizza (extra for toppings) from 12pm-8pm; from 8pm-330 am pizza is just $1.

Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand Street) – Free mac & cheese on Mondays (with drink purchase), plus Monday is movie night and they have a drink special that changes weekly to coordinate with the film.

Matt Torrey’s (46 Bushwick Avenue) – On Saturdays and Sundays they open at noon serving complimentary bagels with all the fixin’s, (and $4 bloody marys and mimosas, if you feel inclined to wash it down).

Archestratus (160 Huron Street) – On Saturdays from 2-7pm, they’re frying up a new arancine every week. Free with the purchase of any drink (beer, wine & vermouth). But yes—buy a beer, get a ball!